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DEA Cameras Tracking Hundreds of Millions of Car Journeys Across the US

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-can-trust-us dept.

itwbennett writes: A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration program set up in 2008 to keep tabs on cars close to the U.S.-Mexican border has been gradually expanded nationwide and is regularly used by other law enforcement agencies in their hunt for suspects. The extent of the system, which is said to contain hundreds of millions of records on motorists and their journeys, was disclosed in documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union as part of a Freedom of Information Act request.

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  1. Are they using Waze? by gatkinso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Had to ask.

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  2. Re:Cam-tastic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just suck it up, citizen. Think of the careers of all those DEA and other law enforcement agents! You wouldn't dare destroy those jobs, now would you?

  3. The hunt for suspects by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    their hunt for suspects.

    Is that the hunt for people already under suspicion, or a hunt for new names to add to the list?

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